All tickets for this year's Reading leg of the Carling Weekend (27-29th
August) have now sold out - both day and weekend passes. There are however,
a small number of tickets for the Leeds site.

However, we here at Drowned in Sound will be giving away a pair of passes to
each of the venues in the coming weeks, so maybe you'll still get lucky, eh?

Taking place a week before, the V Festival in Hylands Park, Chelmsford
and Weston Park, Staffordshire, have announced that R'n B queen of the moment,
Kelis, will be performing, starting with a Saturday appearance down south
and the following day in the Midlands.

Also added to the V bill are Kevin Mark Trail, Fried, Rooster
and RodrigoYGabriela.

Day tickets for both locations are still available.

In the autumn, the Iceland Airwaves Festival takes place in.. yes, Iceland.
Joining Keane, The Stills, Radio4,TheShins
and Magnet on the bill will be the newly announced ToRococoRot, NonPhixion, LondonElektricity and
WormIsGreen.

Across the hemisphere, the Livid Festival in Australia has been cancelled
this year, citing a lack of available headline acts. Which, looking at the festivals
around Europe this summer, isn't an entirely untrue statement.